We saw Antonio Buonanno and Xuan Liu get it all in on the flop in a battle of the blinds. It was a pretty sick spot as the flop nailed both players. Buonanno was happy to commit with , but Liu was lucky enough to be holding for the set. Buonanno was drawing dead to four outs. The turn and river were not any of those outs, and Liu drags the double.
Massimiliano Martinez opened with a raise and three players called before Govert Metaal called from the small blind. In the big blind, Kevin MacPhee also called. The flop came down with two clubs. Metaal checked and MacPhee bet 1,600. Martinez called, the three players next in line folded and then Metaal called.
The turn was a red and Metaal checked. MacPhee also checked and then Martinez bet 3,800. Metaal raised all in for approximately 16,000 and MacPhee folded. Martinez made the call holding for ace-king high. He didn't have a flush draw and was drawing dead to Metaal's for a turned straight. The river blanked off and Metaal doubled.
Massimiliano Martinez has been eliminated. After Kevin MacPhee three-bet, Martinez four-bet. MacPhee five-bet and then Martinez six-bet jammed. MacPhee called with two kings. Martinez held . The kings held for MacPhee and Martinez hit the rail.
Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mericer was just knocked down to 12,000 in chips after his aces went down in a pretty sick fashion. Mercier relayed the hand to us after the fact and here's how it happened according to him.
A player in the hijack seat raised to 500 and the cutoff seat called. Mercier three-bet to 1,775 with the from the button and play folded back to the hijack. He called and the cutoff folded.
The flop came down , rainbow. The diamond does play a role here in a sense. After the hijack seat checked, Mercier bet 1,850. His opponent called.
The turn was the and the hijack seat checked again. Mercier bet 4,700 and his opponent called.
The river completed the board with the and completed a possible backdoor flush draw. After the hijack seat checked, Mercier fired 9,300 with 12,000 behind. His opponent took about 30 seconds and then made the call.
Mercier's aces went down to his opponent's for a turn and river two pair.
You see from the earlier chip update that Marcin Horecki is down to about 40% of his starting stack, and we're finally getting a chance to tell you about it.
We only waked up to the river to see the board out on the table, and it looks like his fellow Pole, Filip Bedzinski had checked. Horecki had 9,050 chips out in front of him, and Bedzinski did some chatting before making the call.
Horecki mucked. Bedzinski didn't have to show, but he obliged his countryman with a flash of the .
"You're not going to fold aces there," Horecki conceded.
Team PokerStars Pros Horecki and Rousso are sharing that table, and neither of them are having very good starts to their Day 1.
On the board, Bruce Atkinson bet 2,500 and Brian Powell made the call. The river completed the board with the and Atkinson fired 3,500. Powell made the call and said, "What do you have, two kings?"
Atkinson tabled a little better than that with the . Powell showed a losing and Atkinson won the pot.
From the hijack seat, Bruce Atkinson raised to 600. Brian Powell called from the cutoff. Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Rousso called from the big blind. The flop came down and Rousso checked. Atkinson bet 1,200, Powell folded and Rousso called.
The landed on the turn and both players checked to see the pair the board on the river. Rousso bet 2,000 and Atkinson folded.
Vanessa Rousso and David Fernando have been going back and forth all day, and we caught them tangled up in another pot.
The board showed when we walked up on the turn, and Fernando checked. Rousso bet 3,000 into a pot of just more than that, and Fernando check-raised to 7,000. It was a big chunk of Rousso's remaining chips, but she called to leave herself just 2,400 of them going to the river. Fernando peeked over to see how much Rousso had, but he checked. Rousso checked it back, showing down . That was much better than Fernando's , and Rousso has worked her way back to about 24,000 now.
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flop nailed both players. Buonanno was happy to commit with 
, but Liu was lucky enough to be holding 
for the set. Buonanno was drawing dead to four outs. The turn 
and river 
were not any of those outs, and Liu drags the double.
with two clubs. Metaal checked and MacPhee bet 1,600. Martinez called, the three players next in line folded and then Metaal called.
and Metaal checked. MacPhee also checked and then Martinez bet 3,800. Metaal raised all in for approximately 16,000 and MacPhee folded. Martinez made the call holding 
for ace-king high. He didn't have a flush draw and was drawing dead to Metaal's 
for a turned straight. The river blanked off and Metaal doubled.
, rainbow. The diamond does play a role here in a sense. After the hijack seat checked, Mercier bet 1,850. His opponent called.
and completed a possible backdoor flush draw. After the hijack seat checked, Mercier fired 9,300 with 12,000 behind. His opponent took about 30 seconds and then made the call.
board out on the table, and it looks like his fellow Pole, Filip Bedzinski had checked. Horecki had 9,050 chips out in front of him, and Bedzinski did some chatting before making the call.
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and Atkinson fired 3,500. Powell made the call and said, "What do you have, two kings?"
river. Fernando peeked over to see how much Rousso had, but he checked. Rousso checked it back, showing down 
. That was much better than Fernando's